Improvement in sliding seats for carriages



R. P. BRIGGS.

Carriage Seat. v

No. 109,377; I Patented Nov. 22, 1870'.

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RICHARD F. BRIGGS, or ,AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

' Letters Patent No. 109,377, dated November 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLIDING SEATS FORCA RRIAGES.

,The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making of the same.

To an whom it may concern: 7

, Be it'lmown that Lltronuen h. Bmccs,of Aniesbury, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Impro'rement on a Slide-Scat for Carriage-Bodies; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of'thisspecification, in which- Figure] shows a carriage-bmly arranged with two Figure 2 shows a carriagc-lmdy arranged with one seat, the front seat being folded back into the body and the back seat slid forward over it.'

Figure 3 shows a sectional view of the iron groove y, with the head-blocks 7: It, the brass slide I), and the spring .9.

Figure 4 shows. an end view of groove g and brass slido s.

Inthe drawing similar letters refer to SlllTllftlllZtI'tS.

The construction of this slide seat isas follows:

l'take a carriage-body,on which it is required to slide the seat back and forth, and secure there'nnto, at each of the top sides thereof, the 'iron grooves g g, which extend along the sides of the body the distance thcseat is required to slide; said grooves are beveled under on each side of the slot, to receive thecorresponding beveled brass slide I). Said grooves are provided with head-blocks 'I: It, for the brass slide 7) to strike against, and aresccured to the body by means of the seat, the seat extending forward, and back of the brass slides b 7) one-fifth more or less of its width.

To secure the seat when back or forward, I use the springs s s. The width of said springs is the same as the width of the slot in the iron grooves g g, and the length thereof is equal to the distance between the head-blocks h h of the iron groove 9, less the length of the brass slide b.-

Said springs are made froin springsteel, one-eighth of an' inch, more or less, in thickness, and are crowned up and tempered where the seat extends forward over the brass slides b b.

The crowned part of springs s s coming in contact with the bottom of the seat, causes the springs to snap down into the grooves g 9 against the headblocks h 71, thus seeming the seat from sliding ward. 1

To slide the seatforward, remove the springs s s, slide the seat forward until it reaches the head-blocks h 7i,.and insert the springs s s inthe grooves g g, back of the seat, thus securing it in its position forward.

This slide seat is designed to be used in connection with a folding front seat, but may be used on any body where it is required to slide the seat back or forth.

I do. not claim struction of them.

What I'do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

1. The construction of the groovesg g with each side of the slot or way, beveled under,- as described.

2. The application of springs s s to grooves g g and slides 71 b, as described, for the purpose herein set forth.

RICHARD I BRIGGS.

' Witnesses:

Geo. W, GATE, J W. Bmees.

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